editorNPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94Tamara Keith is a NPR White House Correspondent. She is especially focused on matters related to the economy and the Federal budget.Prior to moving into her current role in January 2014, she was a Congressional Correspondent covering Congress with an emphasis on the budget, taxes and the ongoing fiscal fights. During the Republican presidential primaries she covered Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich in South Carolina, and traveled with Mitt Romney leading into the primaries in Colorado and Ohio, among other states. She began covering congress in August 2011.Keith joined NPR in 2009 as a Business Reporter. In that role, she reported on topics spanning the business world from covering the debt downgrade and debt ceiling crisis to the latest in policy debates, legal issues and technology trends. In early 2010, she was on the ground in Haiti covering the aftermath of the country's disastrous earthquake and later she covered the oil spill in the Gulf. In 2011, Keith conceived and reported the 2011NPR Digital Services RSS Generator 0.94Tamara KeithFri, 02 Dec 2016 22:42:53 +0000Tamara Keithhttp://wqcs.org
Tamara KeithThere were moments when watching the Trump and Clinton campaigns discuss the election at the Campaign Managers Conference at the Harvard Institute of Politics was like watching The Jerry Springer Show without the chair-throwing (or paternity disputes).The 2016 campaign was an ugly, knock-down, drag-out fight between two different visions of America. So it was fitting that the typically polite and clinical quadrennial gathering of campaign professionals would erupt into shouting matches and accusations raw with emotion.As Harvard's Nicco Mele regularly reminded the political operatives, journalists and students in the audience, the event was intended to take down "a first draft of history, and we are trying to capture what happened here for generations to come."For the final panel of the day, senior operatives from the Trump and Clinton campaigns sat across from each other around a big rectangular formation of tables. There were moments when it seemed like a very good thing that 10 feetBitterness Overwhelms As Trump And Clinton Campaign Staffers Face Off At Harvardhttp://wqcs.org/post/bitterness-overwhelms-trump-and-clinton-campaign-staffers-face-harvard
79951 as http://wqcs.orgFri, 02 Dec 2016 11:24:00 +0000Bitterness Overwhelms As Trump And Clinton Campaign Staffers Face Off At HarvardTamara Keithhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xX_KaStFT8 President-elect Donald Trump put out a video Monday night that gave an update on the transition process — and laid out some of his "policy plans for the first 100 days."Much of what Trump proposed wasn't new, from deregulation of the energy industry to a lobbying ban to tearing up the Trans-Pacific Partnership. It closely resembled the 100-day agenda he outlined in a speech he gave in October in Gettysburg, Pa.A couple of new, but nondetailed items were included, like asking the Defense Department and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to come up with a plan to combat cyberattacks and to have the Labor Department look into visa-program abuses that "undercut the American worker."Trump also notably, however, left out some of the most sweeping and controversial promises he had made in that Gettysburg speech — like building a wall along the U.S.-Mexican border (and that Mexico will pay for it), repealing and replacing Obamacare and term limitsTrump Video Lays Out Priorities, But Questions Of Conflicts, Transparency Remainhttp://wqcs.org/post/trump-video-lays-out-priorities-questions-conflicts-transparency-remain
79662 as http://wqcs.orgTue, 22 Nov 2016 20:09:00 +0000Trump Video Lays Out Priorities, But Questions Of Conflicts, Transparency RemainTamara Keithhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdd-pZ0LR0s As he campaigned for president, Donald Trump spoke favorably about using waterboarding, torture and "much stronger" techniques on terrorism suspects. But in addition to likely legal challenges if Trump attempts to bring those practices back, two prominent Republican senators signaled he could face opposition from within his own party.On Saturday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) got animated at the Halifax International Security Forum, when a moderator asked about waterboarding and what powers congress has to "reign in a president who does things which you find intolerable?"McCain, who chairs the Senate Armed Services Committee, pointed to the Geneva Conventions and an amendment passed last year by congress, restricting interrogation methods to those listed in the Army Field Manual."If they started waterboarding, I swear to you there's a whole bunch of us that would have them in court in a New York minute," said McCain. "So I don't give a damn what theOn Waterboarding, A President Trump Could Face Resistance From Some Republicanshttp://wqcs.org/post/waterboarding-president-trump-could-face-resistance-some-republicans
79625 as http://wqcs.orgMon, 21 Nov 2016 19:46:00 +0000On Waterboarding, A President Trump Could Face Resistance From Some RepublicansTamara Keithhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnW3xkHxIEQ Three days after winning the presidency in 2008, President-elect Barack Obama held a press conference, taking questions from reporters. Three days after winning the presidency in 2016, President-elect Donald Trump turned to Twitter.An unprecedented feature of Donald Trump's successful campaign for president was his personal use of Twitter and it has continued as Trump meets with advisers and potential members of his cabinet. If this continues into Trump's presidency, the method will be new, but the approach will be in line with a long tradition of presidents going around the so-called filter of the press.Since Election Day, Trump tweeted a list of countries whose leaders he has spoken with before his team sent out a press release,Trump mused about the electoral college.And, he's repeatedly used Twitter to air his grievances with the New York Times. (He calls it the "failing" New York Times, though the paper has reported a surge of newCommander-In-Tweet: Trump's Social Media Use And Presidential Media Avoidancehttp://wqcs.org/post/commander-tweet-trumps-social-media-use-and-presidential-media-avoidance
79543 as http://wqcs.orgFri, 18 Nov 2016 20:45:00 +0000Commander-In-Tweet: Trump's Social Media Use And Presidential Media AvoidanceTamara KeithCopyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit INSKEEP, HOST: President-elect Trump continues to be busy on Twitter. Last night on Twitter, he claimed credit for saving a Ford plant from being sent to Mexico, although Ford said it never had plans to move the plant to Mexico. In some ways, his activity on Twitter is in line with the tradition of presidents going around the so-called filter of the press. NPR's Tamara Keith reports. TAMARA KEITH, BYLINE: Three days after winning the presidency in 2008, President-elect Barack Obama held a press conference. (SOUNDBITE OF PRESS CONFERENCE) PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: This morning, we woke up to more sobering news about the state of our economy. KEITH: Three days after winning the presidency in 2016, President-elect Donald Trump turned to Twitter to say he had a busy day planned in New York. Quote, "we'll soon be making some very important decisions on the people who will be running our government!" Trump was asked about it in an interview with "60Commander In Tweet: Trump Avoids Media Filter With Twitterhttp://wqcs.org/post/commander-tweet-trump-avoids-media-filter-twitter
79527 as http://wqcs.orgFri, 18 Nov 2016 12:47:00 +0000Commander In Tweet: Trump Avoids Media Filter With TwitterTamara KeithCopyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) DONALD TRUMP: We are going to win the great state of North Carolina. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) HILLARY CLINTON: Hello, Pittsburgh. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) TRUMP: Florida's my second home, a state I love so much. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) CLINTON: It is great to be back in Western Michigan. Thank you. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) TRUMP: Thank you, Pennsylvania. Thank you. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Florida, Michigan - Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton hit up as many battleground states as they could on this last day before the election. Trump's itinerary includes five different swing states today, and Clinton has four events capped off with a midnight rally in North Carolina. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Now we're going to check in with our reporters following the two campaigns. Let's start with NPR's Sarah McCammon, who is traveling with Trump. His campaign touched down in Raleigh,Clinton, Trump Make Final Case To Voters 1 Day Before Electionhttp://wqcs.org/post/clinton-trump-make-final-case-voters-1-day-election
79155 as http://wqcs.orgTue, 08 Nov 2016 00:58:00 +0000Clinton, Trump Make Final Case To Voters 1 Day Before ElectionTamara Keithhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEqiNIPIPPQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrX3Ql31URA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=855Am6ovK7s One of Hillary Clinton's oft repeated attack lines against Donald Trump is that he's "a man you can bait with a tweet." It's now clear her campaign has been purposely baiting the Republican nominee with television ads."You know, he was a big part of our target audience. He consumes a lot of cable," admitted Clinton's communications director, Jennifer Palmieri, at a North Carolina rally Thursday.Palmieri told NPR the deliberate goading started this summer. The campaign was airing an ad called "Role Models," in which children watch television as Trump delivers some of his most controversial remarks. Palmieri noticed Trump, in a speech, defending himself against the ad point by point."I was listening and I thought, oh my God, he must have been in his hotel, just watched 'Role Models,' and walked out onstage [and] then done his own refutation of it."The unusualWatch: Clinton Campaign Deliberately Trolls Trump With Adshttp://wqcs.org/post/watch-clinton-campaign-deliberately-trolls-trump-ads
79042 as http://wqcs.orgFri, 04 Nov 2016 21:57:00 +0000Watch: Clinton Campaign Deliberately Trolls Trump With AdsTamara KeithCopyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit MONTAGNE, HOST: And just a week ago, Hillary Clinton was looking to run up the score against Donald Trump. Her campaign was running ads in Texas and planning a trip to the traditionally red state of Arizona. Today, she heads out on that trip but under different circumstances. NPR's Tamara Keith reports. TAMARA KEITH, BYLINE: Hillary Clinton's campaign is launching new television ad buys in states she's supposed to have in the bag - Michigan, Colorado, New Mexico and Virginia. Campaign officials insist they aren't nervous. They say they are spending money in these states because they have extra cash to burn. But in these closing days, Clinton is trying to hang onto her lead as much as she's trying to expand the map. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) HILLARY CLINTON: And I hope you will think about how you will feel the day after the election, on November the 9. KEITH: Her closing argument had been uplifting. The focus was on bringing AmericansWith A New Sense Of Urgency, Clinton Stumps In Crucial Stateshttp://wqcs.org/post/new-sense-urgency-clinton-stumps-crucial-states
78943 as http://wqcs.orgWed, 02 Nov 2016 09:03:00 +0000With A New Sense Of Urgency, Clinton Stumps In Crucial StatesTamara KeithHillary Clinton's campaign has been dealing with the fallout from her choice to use a private email server while secretary of state since before there was even officially a campaign. Now, WikiLeaks has released private emails from March 2015 between Clinton advisers talking about how to handle the email mess.Clinton's campaign says the email release is part of a Russian effort to interfere with the U.S. election. The campaign has chosen not to verify the authenticity of the emails hacked from the personal Gmail account of Clinton's campaign chairman John Podesta.In one chain, Podesta and Neera Tanden, a longtime Clinton ally, complain about the email story coming out so late in the game. Podesta writes that those in Clinton's inner circle "sure weren't forthcoming on the facts here."Tanden asks, "Why didn't they get this stuff out like 18 months ago? So crazy," and in a later email answers her own question saying, "they wanted to get away with it."'We Need To Clean This Up'But ofWikiLeaks Reveals Clinton Aides Knew They Had An Email Problem On Their Handshttp://wqcs.org/post/wikileaks-reveals-clinton-aides-knew-they-had-email-problem-their-hands
78730 as http://wqcs.orgWed, 26 Oct 2016 22:19:00 +0000WikiLeaks Reveals Clinton Aides Knew They Had An Email Problem On Their HandsTamara KeithThe men parked their white work van on a patch of dirt down the road from the college where Hillary Clinton was set to give a major speech.Then they attached a banner.It was almost as long as the van with bold red-and-black vinyl lettering."Trump that bitch," it read.They waved and smiled, as people drove by.The message wasn't subtle. It also wasn't an outlier, either. It's a slogan that's been found on T-shirts at many Trump rallies since at least March. There are bumper stickers for sale with the slogan, even a bottle of hot sauce. (Clinton has said she carries hot sauce with her wherever she goes because of the immune-boosting properties of hot peppers.)Perhaps it was inevitable that with the first female nominee of a major political party on the ballot, the race for president would have undercurrents of sexism. But what wasn't inevitable is just how out in the open it has been.It is nearly impossible to separate out everything underlying this moment in history. Would this type ofSexism Is Out In The Open In The 2016 Campaign. That May Have Been Inevitablehttp://wqcs.org/post/sexism-out-open-2016-campaign-may-have-been-inevitable
78595 as http://wqcs.orgSun, 23 Oct 2016 10:00:00 +0000Sexism Is Out In The Open In The 2016 Campaign. That May Have Been InevitableTamara KeithCopyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Clinton Campaigns In Ohio Where She's In A Virtual Tie With Trumphttp://wqcs.org/post/clinton-campaigns-ohio-where-shes-virtual-tie-trump
78555 as http://wqcs.orgFri, 21 Oct 2016 20:47:00 +0000Clinton Campaigns In Ohio Where She's In A Virtual Tie With TrumpTamara KeithCopyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Candidates Prepare For Debate Round 2 http://wqcs.org/post/candidates-prepare-debate-round-2
78164 as http://wqcs.orgSun, 09 Oct 2016 21:04:00 +0000Candidates Prepare For Debate Round 2 Tamara KeithReaction to the video of Donald Trump using explicit language and apparently describing himself forcing himself on women continues to roll in. And it is not good for the GOP nominee. Prominent Republicans are calling on him to drop out and elected officials are running from him and fast. See the full list of Republicans calling on Trump to step down at the bottom on this post.The candidate isn't backing down, telling the Washington Post's Robert Costa in an interview today, "I'd never withdraw. I've never withdrawn in my life."The Post reports, Trump called from his home in Trump Tower and said, "No, I'm not quitting this race. I have tremendous support."Trump also tweeted, seemingly downplaying the firestorm that has consumed his campaign.Just to give a sense of how bad things have gotten in the past 24 hours, he's lost Hugh Hewitt.The conservative talk show host had been a strong supporter of Trump arguing Republicans must back him to get a conservative justice on the Supreme CourtRepublicans Call For Donald Trump To Drop Out; Trump Says He Won't Quithttp://wqcs.org/post/republicans-call-donald-trump-drop-out-trump-says-he-wont-quit
78136 as http://wqcs.orgSat, 08 Oct 2016 19:44:00 +0000Republicans Call For Donald Trump To Drop Out; Trump Says He Won't QuitTamara KeithBill Clinton was at a rally in Michigan riffing about the American health care system, riffing being a favorite pastime of the former president. He was getting to a point about how his wife, Hillary Clinton, hopes to improve the Affordable Care Act.But before he could get there, he described "this crazy system" where under Obamacare millions more people have health coverage but some have seen "their premiums doubled and their coverage cut in half."Clinton topped it off with a line that rapidly created headline headaches for his wife's campaign."It's the craziest thing in the world," Bill Clinton said.Less than 24 hours later at the vice presidential debate, Donald Trump's running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, had turned it into a line of attack."Even former President Bill Clinton calls Obamacare a 'crazy plan,' but Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine want to build on Obamacare," Pence said. "They want to expand it into a single-payer program and for all the world; Hillary Clinton justIs Bill Clinton Helping Or Hurting His Wife's Campaign?http://wqcs.org/post/bill-clinton-helping-or-hurting-his-wifes-campaign
78022 as http://wqcs.orgWed, 05 Oct 2016 14:52:00 +0000Is Bill Clinton Helping Or Hurting His Wife's Campaign?Tamara KeithIt's not clear whether political endorsements from athletes and movie stars really influence voter behavior, but when it comes to basketball, there is no bigger name than LeBron James. That's especially true in the closely matched presidential swing state of Ohio.The four-time NBA MVP led his hometown team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, to their first ever NBA championship in June. And today, James' endorsement of Hillary Clinton is front page news in the Akron Beacon Journal."Only one person running truly understands the struggles of an Akron child born into poverty. And when I think about the kinds of policies and ideas the kids in my foundation need from our government, the choice is clear," wrote James in an op-ed published in the Journal and posted exclusively online by Business Insider. "That candidate is Hillary Clinton."Boarding a campaign plane Monday in White Plains, N.Y., Clinton told reporters she is "so excited" for the endorsement.James writes at length in the op-ed about theLeBron James Says He's With Hillary Clinton http://wqcs.org/post/lebron-james-says-hes-hillary-clinton
77952 as http://wqcs.orgMon, 03 Oct 2016 15:40:00 +0000LeBron James Says He's With Hillary Clinton Tamara KeithCopyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit INSKEEP, HOST: People on Twitter and elsewhere talked a lot about the body language of the presidential candidates during Monday's debate. And you could tell a lot by that body language. At one point, Hillary Clinton responded to extended remarks by Donald Trump with a smile and a much noticed shimmy of her shoulders. Yesterday on this program, one Georgia voter concluded she wanted him to say everything that he was saying. On the day after the debate, Hillary Clinton continued striking the pose of a candidate who finally drew the contrast that she wanted. NPR's Tamara Keith reports. TAMARA KEITH, BYLINE: Heading into the debate, polls pointed to a challenge for Hillary Clinton. Many of her supporters were more enthusiastic about voting against Donald Trump than voting for Clinton. But it seems she's given them something to get excited about. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) HILLARY CLINTON: Did anybody see that debate last night? (APPLAUSE)After First Debate, Pace Picks Up On Presidential Campaign Trailhttp://wqcs.org/post/after-first-debate-pace-picks-presidential-campaign-trail
77774 as http://wqcs.orgWed, 28 Sep 2016 11:53:00 +0000After First Debate, Pace Picks Up On Presidential Campaign TrailTamara KeithCopyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit MCEVERS, HOST: Hillary Clinton was back on the campaign trail today. After taking three days to rest from pneumonia, Clinton entered her event with some specially chosen music for the occasion. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "I GOT YOU") JAMES BROWN: (Singing) I feel good. I knew that I would now. MCEVERS: NPR's Tamara Keith is in Greensboro, N.C., where Clinton spoke earlier. Hi, there, Tam. TAMARA KEITH, BYLINE: Hi, there. MCEVERS: So did Hillary Clinton talk about her recent illness? KEITH: Yes, she did. She mentioned it both in her remarks at the event and then afterwards in a press availability with reporters. It was a pretty short avail, but she took several questions, several of which focused on her illness and, more significantly, on why, after she was diagnosed on Friday with pneumonia, she didn't really tell anyone. There was even a question of whether she had told her running mate, Tim Kaine, and Clinton did not answer the question directly. AndHillary Clinton Returns To Campaign Trail After Bout With Pneumoniahttp://wqcs.org/post/hillary-clinton-returns-campaign-trail-after-bout-pneumonia
77429 as http://wqcs.orgThu, 15 Sep 2016 22:35:00 +0000Hillary Clinton Returns To Campaign Trail After Bout With PneumoniaTamara KeithAs presidential candidates travel the country, they often deliver the same speech, or close to it. We are annotating speeches delivered by both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to give you a sense of what they are talking about regularly, and how they say it.To think about the structure of a Hillary Clinton stump speech, imagine a book shelf. Clinton probably has 50 books on the shelf, various elements of a speech, anecdotes, policies she talks about, themes, turns of phrase. For each speech she grabs a bunch of different books off the shelf. So, even if she gives three speeches at different events in the same day, they will be three totally different speeches, made up of things she says regularly. And she is constantly adding to the library, each time there is a development in the campaign, Donald Trump says something she wants to riff on or she gives a major policy speech.Here, we take a closer look at how a speech Clinton delivered on Sept. 6 in Tampa, Fla. lines up to her "stump"Inside Hillary Clinton's Stump Speech, Annotatedhttp://wqcs.org/post/inside-hillary-clintons-stump-speech-annotated
77393 as http://wqcs.orgThu, 15 Sep 2016 10:00:00 +0000Inside Hillary Clinton's Stump Speech, AnnotatedTamara KeithCopyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Hillary Clinton Diagnosed With Pneumonia; Campaign Events Canceledhttp://wqcs.org/post/hillary-clinton-diagnosed-pneumonia-campaign-events-canceled
77275 as http://wqcs.orgMon, 12 Sep 2016 09:09:00 +0000Hillary Clinton Diagnosed With Pneumonia; Campaign Events CanceledTamara Keith Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit NPR.Hillary Clinton Leaves Sept. 11 Commemoration Earlyhttp://wqcs.org/post/hillary-clinton-leaves-sept-11-commemoration-early
77268 as http://wqcs.orgSun, 11 Sep 2016 21:06:00 +0000Hillary Clinton Leaves Sept. 11 Commemoration Early